Railway architecture has been taken for granted, though things are changing now. However, Huddersfield station has always been rated as one of the outstanding industrial buildings of the north. The statue in front is of Harold Wilson, twice Prime Minister and one of the town's famous sons.
SE1416 : Huddersfield town centre My home town. The lion on Lion Buildings is now fibreglass. Local legend has it that when the station clock strikes 13 he comes down for a stroll round the square in front of the station.